The Author's POV

Chapter 252

'”WHIIIIII! '”WHIIIIII!

The tumultuous sound of the sires rang inside of the dome. The whole facility turned red as emergency messages repeatedly echoed across the place.

[Please evacuate the premise] [Please evacuate the premise] [Please evacuate the premise]

"Crap!"

Ignoring the sirens and staring at the metal disc in Ren's hands that was shaking uncontrollably, Kevin's eyes interlocked with Ren's.

"Let's leave."

Dropping the disc on the ground, Ren took a couple of steps back.

"Wait what about them? Are we leaving without them?"

Kevin pointed towards the eight individuals on the ground.

"Yes. Leave them."

Ren coldly replied.

"But they are children"

"..."

Turning around, Ren completely ignored Kevin.

"Hey Ren, where are you going?" Kevin shouted. "Think about it, they could've been blackmailed by the Monolith to do their bidding. What if they are innocent"

Ren's footsteps halted.

Turning around, he coldly looked at Kevin.

"...They are not worth it."

"Bu'”"

Before Kevin could reply, Ren had already left.

Though vague, the meaning behind Ren's words was clear; let them die in the explosion

It was a cruel thing to say, but he was not wrong. With the impending explosion, trying to save the lives of others might result in his own death. Furthermore, these people were the ones that started everything. Regardless of the fact that they might've been blackmailed or not, they were the ones that caused everything. Trying to save them at the expense of his own personal safety was not worth it.

"...ah."

A small sound escaped from Kevin's lips.

Biting his lower lips, Kevin he lowered his head and clenched his fists tightly. He knew that Ren was right, but a part of him really wanted to save them.

"I'm sorry."

Eventually, Kevin came up with a decision. Closing his eyes he turned around. He knew that Ren was right.

Had the circumstances been different, he would've helped them. But now that his life was on the line, he needed to worry about himself instead of the others.

However.

Right as he was about to leave, an enchanting voice reached his ears.

"What's going on here?"

Kevin's eyes suddenly lit up.

"Miss Longbern, Miss Jefrrey!"

"Kevin, what is going on here?"

Landing softly on the ground, Donna looked at Kevin. Besides Donna was Monica.

"Over there."

Kevin pointed at the disc in the disc the distance.

"Miss, can you do anything about this?"

"'”'”!"

Gazing towards the direction Kevin was pointing at, Donna's brows jumped up slightly. Feeling the fluctuations coming from the disc, Donna was taken aback. Her whole demenour changed completely.

"Monica."

"I know. Give me a second."

Having already spotted the disc beforehand, Monica solemnly nodded her head. Slowly walking towards the disc, Monica waved her hand over the disc. An orange hue enveloped the disc.

Kracka. Kracka. Kracka.

Levitating in front of Monica, black lightning crackled around the disc.

Closing her eyes, Monica tried her best to suppress the impending explosion. To her dismay, however, she couldn't suppress the device. Gravely looking at Donna, she shook her head.

do anything about this. It's

you can't do

Donna's brows knit tightly.

have five minutes at most before the device

the core cracked, the internal energies within the core were starting to run rampant. A tremendous

an ranked hero could withstand such impact. Even

point, so the only thing they could do was get as many people out as

"Understood."

evacuate the premises and call all the ranked heroes present in the academy to create a shield around the dome to

then would they contain the

away from here as

at Kevin, Donna

"Yes."

around

the

"Yes."

looking in the direction where Kevin and Ren had run off, Donna disappeared as

corpses of the eight students

***

"Shut down the broadcast!"

inside of a fairly large room that was filled

"W-we can't!"

flustered voice replied

do you mean you

voice shot

got direct orders from the higher-ups to shut down the

can't! The controls aren't functioning

in front of him, a

me take a

young man to the side, a middle-aged man with a greyish beard leaned forward and pressed on a

panicked students running

terribly wrong

[Error] [Error] [Error]

"What the..?"

large red marks on the screen, the middle-aged man's brows shot up. Turning his head,

for the other

"Sir we've lost control!"

can't do anything, sir. The control panel no longer

panicked voices replied back. Every

"Damn it!"

middle-aged man smacked his hand on the

the hell

***

"Ahhhhh!"

rang in

ran out, a tremendous amount of pain engulfed my entire body. Especially from my chest area where

"Haaa...haaa..."

breaths. Taking out two potions from

"khhaa'”"

slowly but surely, my wounds started to heal. My mana which had depleted to the

"Ghh..."

my teeth, I forced myself to

minute now, the professors were now busy trying to get as many people

the thousands of competitors, there were bound

one of those casualties, activating drifting steps, I rushed with

was a

***

the same time, a kilometer away from

"Coff...coff..."

against a tree. With his

"Bastard!"

not too long ago, Aaron clenched

treated him as though he was trash, caused anger to surge from within

"How dare you!"

He shouted.

when he could've.

Kevin and to now Ren. Aaron suffered loss, after loss, after loss. His fists

of the whole world. He had become the butt of all jokes. The o' so famous Aaron Rhinestone, reduced as nothing but a mere stepping stone for

it! I can't

smashed his fist

'”WHIIIIII! '”WHIIIIII!

facility, turning his head, and looking into the distance, Aaron knew that he needed to get out fast. He could feel the fluctuations coming from the distance. Within half a

"...hm?"

Aaron's feet suddenly stopped.

suddenly spotted a familiar figure. At first, his face

But.

idea suddenly struck him as a wicked

me for this...I'm just merely trying to

ounce of mana left inside of his body, Aaron's eyes locked themselves onto the figure in

"Thanks."

before disappearing from his

***

"I'm almost there."

mana I had, I increased my pace. Because I was low

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